The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (Text of 1805) (Oxford Standard Authors)

William Wordsworth, Ernest de Selincourt, Stephen Gill

ISBN 10: 019281074X / ISBN 13: 9780192810748

Published by Oxford University Press, USA 15/07/1970, 1970

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Synopsis:

The Prelude, Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem, is crucial to our understanding of his life and poetry. Written between 1798 and 1805, the text was intensively revised in Wordsworth's later years. This volume contains the original version of 1805, which was read to Coleridge. The poem was first published in 1850, after the poet's death, and is available in Wordsworth's Poetical Works. To facilitate comparison, line numbers of the 1850 text have been placed in square brackets on the right-hand side of the page.

From the Back Cover: The Prelude, Wordsworth's great autobiographical poem is crucial to our understanding of his life and poetry. It was written between 1798 and 1805, after the poet's death, had been subjected to intensive revision in his later years.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA 15/07/1970
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 2nd Edition